Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-05
who grow up in such an atmosphere. The
future statesmen of America should live

Ine re are mere IN Europe mululuCeS
OF American children who can speak |
French and German better than their cwn |
| language. I met the other evening 9 |
| family from Ohio, snd found the SOD, a !
! ooy OF twelve, reading Cooper's novels |
and "Ulcle Toms Cabin" in German. ~ !
understand them much better il German !
tran in E3slish," he remarked with g
strong foreign accent The parents !
spoke Of tie fac with evident satisfac-
Ton. Another American family in which
are five daughters, who have made great
! success in sciarce, medicine, paiuting
and music, employ German or French
in their home circle, and cannot pro-
! nOu1Ct SO ENGLISH sentence without max
ing olucder Of some kind.
! In the educated worlt, great emphasis
/ is laid asst now on the necessity ct &C
quiriDg foreign languages. Bat Herbert
/ Spencer has well seid, that as language :
! only vehicle for conveying IdeSs, i Is
flr more important TO get IDEAS than
vehicles, It Is better for farmer 10 have
| 1000 bushels o; corn 10 carry t. market
III one lumber wagon than six vehicles
and no corn. OuC children may learn TO
converse tiuerIIy in half doZ n Languages,
and yet have nc use for either, from =
! lsCk Of ideas. Ii they could learn to
speak and wrl,e English with the ease and
elegance OF MNc2uley, parents II ght well
be satisfied. The
IMPORTANCE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
is increasing every day, while that o.
others is IS steadily decres siEg, Pro-
fessor Max Mailer estimates thai st the
end Of the two mex. centuries there viii
be l So, 2S6, 900 people speaking English,
which viii then be the dominant tongue
Of the world.
A friend, whom met here few days
ago, on her way back to America, said:
"Che mistake of my life was bringing my
daughters to Europe to be educated.
One is married III Germany and one in
italy, AID as prefer living in my own
country, l must leave them end % home
alone, burdened by the anxiety thai sooner
or later my daughters also may feel the
same YeaInlng for their native land ana
early associations, and fDi WEen too l&.e
that wedding foreigners IS g grave mis-
take The broad differences il national
habits, tastes AID opinions are nOt reaGi-
ly haTmOnized."
Some say they come here 20 live more
cheaplv, as house rent, clothes, servants,
: amusements, can be drained for less
money here than in the United States. Ii
; these GIOpean-AmerCSns were IS IA
tiOnal il their expenditures Et nGme as
: here tbs difference would be trh.Dg. IN
! America they live in large houses, keep
/ horses and caTriGgsS, entertain company
: Here thy take 2 modest apartment, drive
in cabs and give few dinner parties.
! Numbers Of Americans come 10 Europe
. 10 hide themselves from dIsspp0intment5
) and irregular proceedings 81 home, and
5 iCJaers dock here from sheer weaTipess Cf
-. IT,
8 spirit in which men and women seCluGa
them selves in MOI ssteIieS and CoLvents.
l To al such, the solitude of greet city in
1 3 foreign land, is indeed solgCe and pro
e lection.
e Butt is a grave mistake for the multi,
4 tudes Of poor students CT both sexes n
{ crowd TO Paris in search Oi the IL ime7it S
Il OF education i'll the arts and sciences.
o Many OF these youGg Americans, wbo
), have not one particle Of genius in any di-
Q rection, are practicirg the most rigid
3 ECONOMY il the g4rrets OF this city, in the
i Twin hope of distinction in painting,
. Esculpture, music and the drama. Mos
e Of these might have learned their inca
q lpacity:Oy studying few years at home.
g THE CRAZE FOR ART
t is beyond all comprehension. Young
Z oirIs by the dCZ ms, without parents o.
+ guardians, ami women Of mature age
:. leaving husbands and children, struggle
= here during lorg years, in 2 vain eff0r
= 10 win distinction in the arts, only in tn,
d end to be doomed, for the most part, L
N positive failure.
Is OF the 5000 pictures offered fer th
e exposition Just closed, only 200
IS we're accepted, and rDsny OF tnes
n were "s6yed;" and msny moro simpp,
: used 10 I'LL obscure inches and cove
vacant pieces without regard TO light o
is distance. AS | walked through the lOnl
e, galleries of the salon and thought OF tn
II weary houEs these American girls ha
81 hung over their essels, &c lie purpose
n while the ascending degrees of their am
Sc bitiOn had already suggested bright Wis
ia ions OF their success, now son The line,
is now honorable MENTION" and nov g
tn medal" it made ny heart ache to thin
I'D OF their repeated disappointmentF, tn
,ir bitterness Of nope deferred from year I
Id year, and the impossiblity OF c0nvircin
I'd them that thsy could never dist.nSuis
ia themselves IS artists.
II Here, Toe, are ambitious mother:
he pushing their daughters, waom they in
OF sgine 10 be geniuses, az performers o
ey the piano and violin, in the opera and ta
drsma-gjriS who have no desire for dSs
IL tirctior, 10 f3ith in themselves, Th
70, shrink lke sensitive plants FROM publ
~ criticism; and YET they are held on III
m rack, yesr sitter yesr, victims alike {
s.. their mothers cdGarin, and the homes
en- though adverse, opinion Of 81 u1sy mp,
he thizing public. Alas, how man
w yourg lives age wrecked
to this vain struggle to play en- ez
q ceptional role, while lifted only /
70 TIE ordinary walks OF life. 1t is iryin
lie ordeal 20 pass through life without bein
hit appreciated al ones true value, but It
ey more trying TO be continually thrust I'M
We niche one is unable to i'll.
he However, there are some America
er women here, earnest, conscientious stu
ely dents, who are making success in
IS TIE VARIOUS PROFESSIONS
CT they hsve entered upon-in medicine,
he wei as in the fine srts. For such ss the.
CT it is generally admitted that there sre 81
Is, vantages in Paris not to be found in th
as United States.
d. Referring to the immense influx {
nj Americans into Paris every summer,
rs gentlemen said to me recently: own.
evil genius has taken possession of OF
ka;r !. l-.4